State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Over three quarters of the people killed - and 95 % of the total affected by natural hazards - since the beginning of the year were due to extreme weather events said Ms. Margareta Wahlstr
RIYAZ WANI While Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh believes glacier melting has little to do with climate change, expert Dr Shakeel Ramshoo has rung the alarm bells, saying the Valley
In 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC authoritatively established that human-induced climate change is accelerating and already has severe impacts on the environment and human lives. Although there is not a mono-causal relation between climate change, disasters, displacement and migration, the existence of a clear link between the phenomena is increasingly recognised.
- NGO chief to highlight problems plaguing tribals because of rampant industrialisation and loss of habitat ARTI SAHULIYAR
Within the context of the global Framework, this World Bank document released at Copenhagen on Dec 8, 2009 identifies the climate challenges in South Asia. It outlines the broad parameters of a response that is consistent with the development priorities of the region.
R. PRASAD Rising concerns: Antarctica could shrink by 33 per cent by 2100, leading to a sea-level rise of 1.4 metres. The surface temperature of Venus is around 460 degree C. In the case of Mars, the temperature can dip to as low as
CLIMATE change and environmental degradation will force one billion people to migrate in the next 40 years to southeast Asia, central America and parts of west Africa, the world's leading migration agency has said. A report by the International Organisation for Migration identified Afghanistan and Bangladesh among other places as "future hotspots" where people are expected to flee.
Highlighting the desperate situation that some small island nations were finding themselves in, Tuvalu, a small country near Australia, on Wednesday created quite a sensation at the climate change conference here, holding up the plenary for about half-an-hour after a formal discussion on its proposal was disallowed.
The Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) led by Tenzin Dhardon Sharling from Dharamsala is attending the Copenhagen climate summit to highlight the warming of the Tibetan Plateau.
The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu was rebuffed on Wednesday in its quest to demand strong action to curb global warming, and the US for the first time outlined a dual path toward cutting greenhouse gases involving both Obama's administration and Congress.